Aurora Show in Stockholm

Last night, nature put on a fantastic spectacle! For being in the Stockholm area, this was really nice, even the northern lights at zenith. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are a light phenomenon that occurs when charged particles from the sun collide with gas atoms in the Earth's atmosphere. It is mainly visible in the polar regions (such as northern Sweden, Norway and Iceland) between September and March, often as dancing green, purple or red lights at an altitude of 80–500 km.

Colors: Yellow-green is most common (oxygen at an altitude of 100–140 km). Red and violet tones also occur, depending on the type of atom that collides with the particles.

Shape: They can look like arches, curtains or rays dancing across the sky.

Origin: The northern lights are caused by geomagnetic storms that affect the Earth's magnetic field.

Amazing Aurora in Stockholm City

Standing in the middle of Stockholm City and capture nice Aurora Borealis is not every night. Heavy lightpollution destroyed much of the show but it was a nice display. Later efter midnight when I arrived home in Vallentuna I enjoyed one of the finest displays I´ve seen so far south, the corona photo show my backyard - amazing!

Helt galet! - Totally Crazy!

Wow, vilket norrsken i skymningen! Redan när himlen började mörkna lite så såg vi norrskenet. Jag och min far var förberedda på att det kunde bli norrsken men inte av den här kalibern i Vallentuna! Drömmen var ju att fånga kometen med norrsken något vi pratade om innan men att norrskenet skulle vara så starkt att det skulle synas västerut och vinna över skymningens ljus just under den korta tid kometen syns på kvällen och detta i Stockholmsområdet kändes långsökt - men det hände!

Sedan var det norrsken hela kvällen men bäst var det vid skymningen...vilken upplevelse!
Många bilder kommer framöver, vet inte hur många MB bilder jag har..

Amazing Aurora Borealis already at dusk with comet PanStarrs - amazing!!